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Show Boat
Directed by
James Whale
Approved
1936
1h 53m
Comedy
,
Drama
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7.4
100%
73%
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Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.
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Cast of Show Boat
Irene Dunne
Magnolia Hawkes
Allan Jones
Gaylord Ravenal
Charles Winninger
Cap'n Andy Hawkes
Paul Robeson
Joe
Helen Morgan
Julie LaVerne
Helen Westley
Parthenia "Parthy" Hawkes
Queenie Smith
Ellie May Chipley
Sammy White
Frank Schultz
Donald Cook
Steve Baker
Hattie McDaniel
Queenie
Francis X. Mahoney
Rubber Face
Marilyn Knowlden
Kim as a Child
Sunnie O'Dea
Kim - at Sixteen
Arthur Hohl
Pete
Charles Middleton
Sheriff Ike Vallon
Clarence Muse
Sam
E. E. Clive
Sir Arthur
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Boonville man speaking film's first line
J. Farrell MacDonald
Windy MacLaine
Maude Allen
Ricca Allen
William Alston
Harry Barris
May Beatty
Brooks Benedict
Barbara Bletcher
Mary Bovard
Donald Briggs
Betty Brown
Daisy Bufford
Ann Bupp
(uncredited)
James P. Burtis
Eddy Chandler
Edmund Cobb
Maxine Cook
D'Arcy Corrigan
Grace Cunard
J. Gunnis Davis
Anna Demetrio
Helen Dickson
Jeanette Dickson
Elspeth Dudgeon
Helen Jerome Eddy
Kathleen Ellis
Al Ferguson
Stanley Fields
Flora Finch
Artye Folz
June Glory
Dorothy Granger
Marilyn Harris
Helen Hayward
Ernest Hilliard
Arthur Housman
Selmer Jackson
Matthew Jones
Jane Keckley
Isabel La Mal
Jack Latham
Frank Mayo
Martha Merrill
Monte Montague
Juanita Moore
Jack Mulhall
Harold Nelson
Georgia O'Dell
Dennis O'Keefe
Edward Peil Sr.
Barbara Pepper
Lee Phelps
LeRoy Prinz
George H. Reed
Tom Ricketts
Donna Mae Roberts
Louise Robinson
Betty Roche
Alma Ross
Tiny Sandford
Zebe (uncredited)
Forrest Stanley
Mary Stewart
Frances Turham
Maidel Turner
Lois Verner
Harold Waldridge
Marguerite Warner
Billy Watson
Bobs Watson
Delmar Watson
Harry Watson
Lloyd Whitlock
Renee Whitney
Frank Whitson
Charles C. Wilson
Show Boat Ratings & Reviews
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Ken Hanke
Hands down the best version of the stage show. Brilliantly conceived and executed by James Whale.
Kansas City Kansan
Steve Crum
Best version is this truly classic version; superior musical on all counts
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
The high point, now and forever, is Paul Robeson singing his immortal rendition of "Ol' Man River."
The Dissolve
Keith Phipps
[The director] recognizes he's making a film, not just a record of a stage production. The strong source material doesn't hurt [...] and neither do the [...] performances of actors who know their characters inside and out.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
The great booming voice of Paul Robeson singing "Ol' Man River" throughout is as good a number as was ever done in a musical.
IdentityTheory
Phil Hall
Represents the apex of Hollywood musical productions.
Backseat Mafia
Rob Aldam
Whale's film fares much better in its drama than it does its musical numbers.
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Sean Axmaker
It's a superb film version of one of the classic American musicals.
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